Chapter 170: Terrorist Organization (1)

A smiling Colt was trying to guide us to his comrades, and…

「Wait. Let’s prepare ourselves in case unexpected shooting occurs.」

Seiya did the Daunting Pose and hardened Celseus again. It seemed that Celseus gave up completely and obediently followed Seiya. Well, it was indeed safer to have the hardened Celseus around, but…

「By the way, Seiya! Why didn’t you use a gun earlier…」

Despite having countless of guns, Seiya didn’t use them in the previous battle. When I tried to ask him why he didn’t use a gun back then, I felt an excruciating pain.

「Argh!? 」

I felt severe pain on my left breast! For a moment, I thought I had a heart disease, but then, I wondered if it was possible for a goddess to have a heart disease. Impossible, right? I peeped into my chest on the direction of the lasting pain. Then…I saw that an earth snake was biting on my breast.

「Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!? What the helllllllllllllll!? 」

Somehow, I managed to pull the earth snake out of my breast and threw it away. Seiya looked at me with cold eyes when I was out of breath.

「Don’t say anything superfluous. 」

Su…Superfluous…? Did he doubt Colt’s intentions after all? So, when he fought against Wolf, he hid the gun’s existence on purpose…? Well, if that was the case, then tell me that directly! But! Why did he hide an earth snake in my body! This guy, I won’t forgive him!

When I stared at the cautious hero while twitching my nose…

「Ah, ah. You two get along really well. 」

I truly doubted that, but Colt was smiling happily.

「Are you done? Then follow me. 」

Colt walked down the road at night after showing us a carefree smile. Seiya followed Colt from a safe distance.

Aside from the earth snake…Did Seiya think of Colt as an enemy? Seiya was most probably suspicious of him. I felt that way. Or at least, I wanted to feel that way. However, I didn’t have any confidence in myself sometimes, since I didn’t really know what Seiya’s plan was while he was fighting Wolf.

I approached Seiya while pushing the wheelbarrow made of wood with the hardened Celseus inside. I whispered secretly in Seiya’s ear so that Colt would not hear it.

「Hey, Seiya. What do you think of Colt? 」

「Why do you ask that? 」

「I mean…Wolf said he was a “terrorist” before he died… 」

「In the sense that violence is destroying this distorted world, we are like terrorists, too.」

「Ehhhhhhh! I’m also a terrorist? Even though I’m a goddess…? 」

「Anyway, it’s too soon for me to have any strong hostility towards him as I want to obtain more information about this world, and besides, I like the fact that he stabbed Wolf in a straightforward manner. Maybe we’ll get along, who knows.」

「Is…Is that so…? 」

Again, contrary to my expectations, Seiya seemed to be impressed with Colt. Seiya hastened his pace because of the time he spent talking with me. He followed Colt quickly. I also followed Seiya in a hurry while pushing the wheelbarrow with Celseus.

…Ugh. I could no longer understand him. If Seiya didn’t doubt Colt, why didn’t he use a gun? And…why did an earth snake bite my breast?

I couldn’t understand Seiya’s intentions, and I was extremely frustrated after being bitten by an earth snake. In addition, the wheelbarrow on which Celseus was placed inside was too heavy for me. I stopped pushing it and let it go while I screamed.

「Ahh! I’m fed up with this!! 」

I kicked the wheelbarrow with Celseus. Due to the impact, Celseus, which remained solid like a statue, collapsed to the ground with a strong sound.

「Heyyyyyyyyy!? Don’t you dare hit me!! 」

「Yes, yes. Sorry, sorry. 」

「What’s that sloppy apology!? 」

The steel-colored Celseus, who could not move freely on his own, fell to the ground and got angry with me while lying down as a collapsed statue. Somehow, I managed to change my mood, and began to push the wheelbarrow after putting Celseus inside.

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「This is the place of our hideout. 」

It took us ten minutes walking through the lonely night road where the streetlights glowed to get there. Colt pointed to an old building made of rebar*. Parts of the outer walls were damaged and falling apart, probably because it was built a long time ago. However, the building was very high, and I had to look up hard in order to see the whole structure.

Colt opened the entrance door and proceeded to walk inside. Seiya stopped in front of the door. After a moment, he put only his neck inside and looked around. After his check, he finally proceeded as well. I pushed the wheelbarrow and went inside as well.

「I live with my companions in a room on the sixth floor of this building.」

「Six…Sixth floor!? I won’t be able to push the wheelbarrow to there!! Hey Seiya, will it be okay to leave it at the front door!?」

「Of course it’s not okay!! You need to take me with you!!」

Celseus shouted before Seiya answer my question. Colt laughed when he heard Celseus’ outcry.

「Don’t worry. There is an elevator. 」

「Ehhhhh! Who knew that this place would have an elevator…!」

I was amazed at the progress of this civilization. At the same time, Celseus looked quietly at Seiya.

「So…Sorry, Seiya. But, can you undo the Daunting Pose now?」

「I refuse. There’s a possibility that someone might shot me indoors. You will stay there for a while.」

「Yes… 」

After Seiya went ahead, Celseus complained to me in a whispering voice.

「How can someone shot him if he wasn’t even by the window! It’s impossible! He’s a compete idiot, that guy!」

How absurd. But, oh well, Celseus was forced to become a lightning rod that couldn’t move, so it was natural for him to be angry. Even so, usually, the party of a hero who wanted to save the world should have all the members united in order to become a great support for the hero…

…But…But, we were a rough and uneven party, weren’t we?

Moreover, we were about to join the party of this terrorist this time around. I pushed the loading wheelbarrow with a deep sigh. Colt opened an iron-fenced door at the dead end of the hallway. Inside there was a dim, narrowly place where it accommodated five or six people. Apparently, this was the elevator of this world. Unlike the fully automatic elevator made with advanced science, this elevator seemed to be quite simple.

Colt, who came in first, make a gesture with the hand to encourage to us to step in. I put my foot inside and pushed Seiya, who was checking the surroundings for the sake of his safety, with the loading wheelbarrow to the inside of the elevator.

「Okay let me pass through. Step aside, step aside. 」

「What are you doing. I am trying to check if this elevator is safe or not.」

「It is safe! Colt probably uses this elevator every day!」

「Today might be the day of an accident. Inspection is necessary.」

「You sound like a manufacturer! 」

While I said those words, I finally put the loading wheelbarrow in the elevator. I thought it would be difficult for me to get out if I put it straight in, so I changed my body position and pulled the wheelbarrow backwards…No, wait a second!! Why did I improve the way I carried the wheelbarrow!? I was not a manufacturer!!

I looked at the wheelbarrow with a disgusted feeling. I wondered if this was truly a worthy act of an upper goddess. Celseus moved his hardened neck anxiously when the elevator started to move in a rattling manner.

「It’s really moving. What kind of mechanism does it have?」

「It’s the application of magic technology. You can do most things like fire, lighting, running vehicles, if you use magical energy. It became an essential part of our lives.」

「…It works like electricity, I see. 」

Seiya muttered those words. It may be close to electricity since it was indispensable for the people of this world. The Supply Tower of Magic Power in Galvano worked like a generator, transforming magical power into the general-purpose energy of this world.

Speaking of which, I felt like I heard Seiya’s voice from below. I turned around, looked down and…I got shocked! Seiya was crawling on the floor with a serious face!

「Wha…What the hell are you doing!? 」

「In case this elevator falls, this position will be the least damaging for my body.」

「Ha, ha, ha. You look like a frog. 」

「Oh. Is that so? 」

Of course, it’s not “Oh. Is that so?”!! You look like fool!! How embarrassing, c’mon!! Don’t tell me that this person rode the elevators in this position even in Japan!?

Eventually, the rising elevator stopped. An instrument installed near the door, which looked like a clock board, pointed to number “6”.

「Let’s go to the room 666 of the sixth floor.」

I pushed the wheelbarrow and followed Colt. At the end of the corner, Seiya and Colt stopped walking. The number “665” was written on the door of the room at the corner of the sixth floor’s hallway. We were heading toward the room “666”. Nonetheless, there was no room next to it, just a plain wall.

「What? There is only room 665? 」

Colt smiled strangely at me. On this very moment! Seiya pulled out his sword and pointed it at Colt’s neck…!

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